Editorial

Saturday November 5th was an iconic day, alive with protest. Hordes of people gathered in Toronto and Halifax to show solidarity with the Sioux Reservation in North Dakota.
Daisy Komujuni, a past Arthur writer, attended the Dakota Pipeline Access (DPL)...

Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending Artspace’s 40th Anniversary party and hearing the story of its early years.
While the whole night was a treat, I was particularly inspired by Joe Stable’s slideshow presentation on the early...

It’s official—Matt Rappolt and I will be the editors of Arthur’s Volume 49.
From the look of things, it’s possible that we’ll be treated to one of the most newsworthy years in recent memory.
Trent is celebrating it’s 50th, a new...

Since taking root towards the end of the 1970s, neoliberalism has separated services and goods from their social function and ideology, rendering them into utilities that only exist for the sake of accumulating wealth. Very few sectors of life...

Urgent Report to the Anti-Colonial Crown
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Late tonight, T. Sulcair invited me to come see him. We spoke alone.
He stated that the onslaught of Tory propaganda and the stifling of the CBC...

When I think of people who I find inspiring, I tend to find one thing unifies them: they all unapologetically speak their minds.
I think that this is one of the most important qualities you can have as a leader.
Unfortunately,...

Dear readers,
With every new year comes a new set of challenges and opportunities. Over the past 50 years of its existence, Arthur Newspaper has experienced obstacles of every kind. However, past boards and editors persevered through these highs and...

The fact that print media is facing an existential crisis might be the worst kept secret in the world. Thousands of articles – tens of thousands even – have been drafted, written, and published on this topic, but there...

This week we published an article debating the Student Centre’s gender-neutral washrooms. We have retracted the piece from the website and we will publish an official retraction of the article in the next issue of the newspaper.
The safety and...

Established in 1966, Arthur Newspaper is the Trent University and Peterborough-Nogojiwanong Independent Press that aims to produce a bi-weekly newspaper during the academic year. Our goal as a print publication is to be valuable, constructive, informative and critical of developments in the Peterborough and Trent community. Arthur acknowledges its privileged position in being free from commercial and administrative controls. We strive to protect that position by defending our editorial autonomy, and inviting unique avenues of conversation on educational, social, economic, environmental and political issues.